As previewed in iPolitics AM, MPs are set to devote the day to debating a Conservative opposition motion that would, if adopted, challenge Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to “[take] immediate action, using all tools available” to “prioritize the construction” of the Trans Mountain expansion project, and present his plan to ensure its success no later than noon on Thursday.

Before that discussion gets underway, however, the House will spend one final hour going over the pros and cons of Sen. Nancy Greene Raine’s proposal to impose strict new limits on advertising food and beverages to children and youth, which was passed by the Senate last fall and now requires the approval of the House to become the law of the land.

ON & AROUND THE HILL

Government House Leader and Small Business Minister Bardish Chagger joins “senior leaders from colleges and institutes across the country” to launch a two-day symposium on “accelerating innovation through applied research.”

Meanwhile, Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel hits the House of Commons Foyer for a mid-morning media availability alongside caucus public safety critic Pierre Paul-Hus on the private sponsorship of refugees.

Later this evening, the Entertainment Software Association of Canada will host its annual Parliament Hill “interactive showcase,” which gives MPs, senators and staffers the opportunity to chat with representatives from “some of Canada’s top video game companies,” as well as sample their wares.

OUTSIDE THE PRECINCT

Liberal MP Kate Young, who serves as parliamentary secretary to Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, will celebrate the International Day of Women & Girls in Science by giving the keynote speech at Microsoft Research’s “I Chose STEM” symposium in Montreal.

Also out and about in Quebec today: International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau unveils her government’s plan to support youth internships through a partnership with the Sherbrooke University Solidarity Centre.

Finally, the Filipino Canadian Advocacy Network holds a mid-morning press conference in Vancouver to urge the government “to ensure permanent residency for all caregivers and migrant workers” in the wake of changes to the rules that, the group will aver, “puts many caregivers at risk of losing permanent residency eligibility.”

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13 comments on “Tories to challenge PM Trudeau to use ‘all tools available’ to support Trans Mountain project”

The Conservatives used their ‘all tools available’ while in office and didn’t get a pipeline built. Now, of course, they blabber out across the country about how Justin Trudeau could ‘end this tomorrow’ by ignoring the B.C. position and favouring Alberta (which does nothing but badmouth the PM and won’t give him a seat come 2019.) Soon, they’ll elect the 19th. century Kenney and all we’ll hear in bad-mouthing of the federal government. Any wonder the Liberals in Ottawa ‘drag their heals’?

So is that the game, lie and misinform?
The PCs had two pipelines built on their watch and set the conditions for four others – not the Liberals. Then thanks to Obama one was shut down with not a peep from the NDP AB government or the Liberals in Ottawa. Then the Feds cancelled one. Most disturbing is the incessant piling on of sketchy regulations and second guessing even after a decision is made hence the cancelation of the Eastern pipeline. But mental midgets – like yourself – will say it was economics. So junior’s reputation now rests on one. All the heavy lifting has been done and all he has to do is show some leadership which, as we know, he lacks.
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So, according to you, the Cons had two pipelines built and approved four more? Wow! That’s SIX pipelines. Then the Liberals cancelled one, you say. Oh, my! You could have easily written the Old Testament or the James version of the Bible. Contains just about the same number of lies. Haaaaa (Incidentally, you feel comfortable being mean, eh? Did you get that from your mom or dad? Perhaps a mean, old uncle? Just wondering.)

That’s odd, if it is a mystery of what is in dilbit how is it that industry knows how to distil it into product? Those that have studied it such as Royal Society of Canada and Dr. Dettman and others know what is in it.
Don’t blame others for your paranoia and ignorance. However thanks for confirming that a majority of protestors know little of what it is they are protesting.

Nobody know what’s in that diluted bitumen. Kinder Morgan won’t say and the feds won’t insist it say. I don’t see how a federal government can promise a clean up of a substance they can’t even name. That doesn’t indicate there is much preparation for any kind of clean up. And Kinder Morgan isn’t noted for great upkeep of its lines.

The minister talks about ‘twinning’ the line. Well the line may look twinned but one tanker per week becoming seven tankers per week is hardly twinning. I once noted the kinds of lies politicians tell – by omission, by suggestion, were just two of them.

That’s odd because industry knows; how else would they be able to distil it into constituent product. The Royal Society of Canada knows what is in dilbit as does Dr. Dettman and others who conducted studies on dilbit.
Don’t blame others for your own paranoia and ignorance. Thanks for confirming that the majority of protesters haven’t a clue of what it is they are protesting. I’m guessing it must give you cold night sweats trying to figure out how Cadbury gets the caramel into the chocolate bar.

That’s odd, if it is a mystery of what is in dilbit how is it that industry knows how to distil it into product? Those that have studied it such as Royal Society of Canada and Dr. Dettman and others know what is in it.
Don’t blame others for your paranoia and ignorance. However thanks for confirming that a majority of protestors know little of what it is they are protesting.